Michael Schumacher put his Monaco controversy firmly behind him as he returned to testing on Thursday. The Ferrari star not only set the pace at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, he also set a new unofficial lap record for the track.

Schumacher’s best time of 1m 13.469s put him over half a second clear of Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen. However, Ferrari’s day was clouded by a heavy accident for Luca Badoer in the morning. The Italian was unhurt after going into the barriers in the sweeping third turn, but extensive damage to his car put it out of commission for the rest of the week.


Looks like he is ready to rock and roll and get back on track. We all love this guy, I just hope that last week was a freak thing and nothing like it happens again. I like Shumacher too much. He is one heck of a driver